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You can use Slack and do some automation with IFTTT<br />
<a href="https://slack.com/" rel="ugc">https://slack.com/</a><br />
<a href="https://ifttt.com/" rel="ugc">https://ifttt.com/</a>
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Specific to healthcare and the privacy issues associated with it, I am looking for an app that can notify a therapist that a patient has arrived for an appointment, has canceled or will be delayed. &nbsp;Ideally, there would be a smartphone app for therapists and a web front end for the receptionist to use to send out pre-set messages like &quot;Patient has arrived.&quot; &nbsp;No protected health information will be transmitted, just generic notifications for &quot;patient.&quot; &nbsp;I want to avoid using SMS if I can. &nbsp;Does anyone have experience with any notification systems like this? &nbsp;I am just dealing with a single receptionist and a group of 6 therapists. &nbsp;Any inexpensive and proven solution is welcome.
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Specific to healthcare and the privacy issues associated with it, I am looking for an app that can notify a therapist that a patient has arrived for an appointment, has canceled or will be delayed.  Ideally, there would be a smartphone app for therapists and a web front end for the receptionist to use to send out pre-set messages like "Patient has arrived."  No protected health information will be transmitted, just generic notifications for "patient."  I want to avoid using SMS if I can.  Does anyone have experience with any notification systems like this?  I am just dealing with a single receptionist and a group of 6 therapists.  Any inexpensive and proven solution is welcome.

Need a staff notification system that is smartphone app based if possible

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Smartphones

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